Phil Karlson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961). Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien. He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California. Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Karlson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
July 2, 1908Deathday
December 12, 1985Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
60Place of birth
Chicago, IllinoisAlso known as
Philip Karlstein, Philip P. KarlsteinCrew credits
The Wrecking Crew
DirectorKansas City Confidential
DirectorA Time for Killing
DirectorThe Silencers
DirectorScandal Sheet
DirectorWalking Tall
DirectorThe Brothers Rico
DirectorThe Phenix City Story
DirectorBen
DirectorHell to Eternity
DirectorRide the Wild Surf
Director99 River Street
DirectorGunman's Walk
DirectorThe Secret Ways
DirectorFramed
DirectorThe Shanghai Cobra
DirectorDark Alibi
Director5 Against the House
DirectorHell's Island
DirectorSwing Parade of 1946
DirectorLadies of the Chorus
Director